bootjack

/boot-jak/US // ˈbutˌdʒæk //UK // (ˈbuːtˌdʒæk) //

靴套,劫持,劫持人质,靴筒

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a yokelike device for catching the heel of a boot, as a riding boot, to aid in removing it.
- : a notch or molding for the same purpose, cut into a piece of furniture.

Mrs. Caukins started up stairs whence came sounds of an obstreperous bootjack.
It seems that he bought a bootjack for three shillings; and the cost of countless other household items is as carefully set down.
Remembering the lesson of my friend with the bootjack below, I asked, "Is M. Hhhaoushheer at home?"
I put up at Bootjack camp on the raging Willow River, where the gay-plumaged chipmunk and the spruce gum have their home.
He could trace out lines of beauty in a gridiron, and detect the subtle charm that lurks in the bootjack.